February 17- Hontoon Island State Park, FL

So we left Cocoa Beach and drove to this fun little state park. You take a free boat ride across the lake to the island. Once on the island you can hike, fish, play on the playground and visit their museum. We let the kids play on the playground. Matt wasn't feeling very well and we just wanted to get to our next destination.

Visiting the museum, checking out the "stuffed" animals.

After we got back in the van, we drove to Orlando. Matt had a conference he had to attend for work. So while he "worked", we played. We swam one day while he was gone. The next we dropped him off at work, then found a playground and then went swimming. I just want to say that Heavenly Father is ALWAYS watching out for me. I've used the GPS a few times when we've been out of town to find a park for the kids to get their wiggles out. Each time I've been led to a park in a rich neighborhood, instead of finding one in the slums. Thank you GPS and thank you Heavenly Father.

Oh and you may be asking "with changing hotels, how'd the kids sleep?" Ummm...Ally slept great, Ben slept well 1/2 our trip and Lucy was just awful. Ben's problem I think was from teething and not feeling well. I have no idea why Lucy was not sleeping for us. I'm just glad we are home now and she can scream herself to sleep, instead of feeling obligated to quiet her down so she doesn't wake the others in the hotel. Sleep is definetly something Matt and I did not get a lot of on this trip, bummer.